Indian Units

**Fondor_Yards** · 02-23-2007, 05:56

Were most of the silver shields/hypastai like in their 50's when the Successors got them after Alexander died?

**Caratacos** · 02-23-2007, 07:26

Who were those two successor fellows who were in their eighties when they duked it out? I'm no good with names-- let alone greek ones. That would have been a sight, no?

Either way he's not supposed to look old

I wan't happy with the expression (which Sarcasm has correctly described). I just didn't want all my units to be shouting or gritting teeth. And smiling would look a little crazy. Believe it or not but this was a take on Menander... (forgot to add the lip scar--dolt!). Maybe i'll fix him up one day.

**Sarcasm** · 02-23-2007, 07:44

That would be Seleukos and Lysimachos, fighting each other to death at Corupedium. 77 and 79 respectively at the time of the battle [which happened to be the same year both died].

**skuzzy** · 02-23-2007, 09:36

He's spreading his legs pretty wide. He must be hot and needs a nice breeze flowing through those sweaty regions. That or he's giving birth in battle, I'm not sure which.

**Kralizec** · 02-23-2007, 18:43

Originally Posted by keravnos

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Magnificent

**Watchman** · 02-23-2007, 23:03

Originally Posted by skuzzy

He's spreading his legs pretty wide. He must be hot and needs a nice breeze flowing through those sweaty regions. That or he's giving birth in battle, I'm not sure which.

Eh, looks like a decent enough low guard to me...

**Caratacos** · 02-23-2007, 23:26

I guess out of formation it does look a little odd-- just run up behind and kick him in the gonads.................

......

<<WHACK!>>

**Watchman** · 02-23-2007, 23:36

All I know is, something not too much unlike that is what I've been taught is the most sensible basic combat stance mano y mano. You're supposed to keep the other guy to your front you know ?

**Tellos Athenaios** · 02-24-2007, 02:22

He looks like as if he expects to be under missile fire any second from now... Or as if he sees a charging opponent straight ahead of him.

At least to me.

**keravnos** · 02-24-2007, 17:58

Originally Posted by skuzzy

He's spreading his legs pretty wide. He must be hot and needs a nice breeze flowing through those sweaty regions. That or he's giving birth in battle, I'm not sure which.

Ok. Imagine this hoplite on the receiving end of a inf/cav/horsearcher attack. Which would be the ideal position in which to both defend/reduce your overall unexposed part of the body and also be able to stand on your feet once the opposing force hits your shield with all their might?

In an ideal situation the only things visible to the charging enemy would be the eyes of the hoplite (easily coverable by the shield in case of trouble) and ONLY the eyes...

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Caratacos has done an amazingly good job, including personalizing my personal hero Menandros, greatest king of the IndoGreeks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menander_I

**Watchman** · 02-24-2007, 18:33

Eh, to me his stance suggest more a careful, guarded "ready" state when fighting a dengerous foeman - you know, the sort of lull in the fighting where the duelists circle around each other, making little feints here and there to try and see where an opening could be created. By what I know of it the "set for charge", especially against cavalry, stances used by spearmen are a tad different. The basics - legs spread widely enough to allow for both solid balance and quick footwork as necessary - in any case seem to be well accounted for; compare to some of the guards for Medieval longswords.

**russia almighty** · 02-24-2007, 22:30

Originally Posted by Sarcasm

That would be Seleukos and Lysimachos, fighting each other to death at Corupedium. 77 and 79 respectively at the time of the battle [which happened to be the same year both died].

I can imagine how that went

The two are fighting and crap then they both yell to both there armies

"STOP!"

"Its prune juice and naptime for us "